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Amicus Brief No. 16-41606 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT STATE OF NEVADA; STATE OF TEXAS; STATE OF ALABAMA; STATE OF ARIZONA; STATE OF ARKANSAS; STATE OF GEORGIA; STATE OF INDIANA; STATE OF KANSAS; STATE OF LOUISIANA; STATE OF NEBRASKA; STATE OF OHIO; STATE OF OKLAHOMA; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE OF UTAH; STATE OF WISCONSIN; COMMON- WEALTH OF KENTUCKY, by and through Governor Matthew G. Bevin; TERRY E. BRANSTAD, Governor of the State of Iowa; PAUL LEPAGE, Governor of the State of Maine; SUSANA MARTINEZ, Governor of the State of New Mexico; PHIL BRYANT, Governor of the State of Mississippi; ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL SCHUETTE, on behalf of the people of Michigan, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; THOMAS E. PEREZ, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Labor; WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION OF THE DEPART- MENT OF LABOR; MARY ZIEGLER, in her official capacity as Assistant Administrator for Policy of the Wage and Hour Division; DOCTOR DAVID WEIL, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Defendants-Appellants. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas BRIEF FOR AMICI CURIAE REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT C. “BOBBY” SCOTT, ALMA S. ADAMS, SUZANNE BONAMICI, KATHERINE M. CLARK, JOHN CONYERS, JR., JOE COURTNEY, DANNY K. DAVIS, SUSAN A. DAVIS, MARK DESAULNIER, MARCIA L. FUDGE, RUBEN GALLEGO, RAÚL M. GRIJALVA, RUBÉN HINOJOSA, BARBARA LEE, FRANK PALLONE, JR., MARK POCAN, JARED POLIS, JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, MARK TAKANO, AND FREDERICA S. WILSON, AND SENATORS PATTY MURRAY, TAMMY BALDWIN, SHERROD BROWN, ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., AL FRANKEN, AND BERNARD SANDERS IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS AND REVERSAL Adina H. Rosenbaum Sean M. Sherman Allison M. Zieve Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 588-1000 December 22, 2016 Attorneys for Amici Curiae Rep. Scott, et al. SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Fifth Circuit Rule 29.2, the undersigned counsel certifies that the following listed persons and entities, in addition to those already listed in the parties’ briefs, have an interest in the outcome of this case. Amici Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott Representative Alma S. Adams Representative Suzanne Bonamici Representative Katherine M. Clark Representative John Conyers, Jr. Representative Joe Courtney Representative Danny K. Davis Representative Susan A. Davis Representative Mark DeSaulnier Representative Marcia L. Fudge Representative Ruben Gallego Representative Raúl M. Grijalva Representative Rubén Hinojosa Representative Barbara Lee Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. Representative Mark Pocan Representative Jared Polis Representative Janice D. Schakowsky Representative Mark Takano Representative Frederica S. Wilson Senator Patty Murray Senator Tammy Baldwin Senator Sherrod Brown Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. Senator Al Franken Senator Bernard Sanders Counsel for Amici Public Citizen Litigation Group Adina H. Rosenbaum Sean M. Sherman i Allison M. Zieve Respectfully submitted, /s/ Adina H. Rosenbaum Adina H. Rosenbaum Attorney for Amici Curiae Rep. Scott, et al. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTIES ............................ i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................................................... iv INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE .............................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ........................................ 2 ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................. 4 I. A Salary Level Test Is Supported by the History and Purpose of the FLSA and the Bona Fide EAP Exemption. ..................................................... 4 II. Congressional Action Reflects Agreement with Use of a Salary Level Test. ..................................................................................................... 10 III. The Purpose and History of the FLSA and the Bona Fide EAP Exemption Support the Department’s Revised Salary Level Test. .................................. 13 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................ 15 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE iii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Pages CASES Auer v. Robbins , 519 U.S. 452 (1997)......................................................................................... 9 Barrentine v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc ., 450 U.S. 728 (1981)....................................................................................... 13 Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc ., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)....................................................................................... 13 Craig v. Far West Engineering Co ., 265 F.2d 251 (9th Cir. 1959) ....................................................................... 6, 9 Fanelli v. U.S. Gypsum Co ., 141 F.2d 216 (2d Cir. 1944) .......................................................................... 10 Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center , 133 S. Ct. 817 (2013) ..................................................................................... 10 Walling v. Yeakley , 140 F.2d 830 (10th Cir. 1944) ......................................................................... 9 Wirtz v. Mississippi Publishers Corp ., 364 F.2d 603 (5th Cir. 1966) ........................................................................... 9 STATUTORY MATERIALS Pub. L. No. 87-30 (1961) ......................................................................................... 11 Pub. L. No. 101-583 (1990) ..................................................................................... 12 Pub. L. No. 104-188, § 2105(a) (1996), codified at 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(17) ................................................................ 12 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(1) ................................................................................................. 2 iv 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(17) ............................................................................................. 12 29 C.F.R. § 541.600 ................................................................................................. 15 3 Fed. Reg. 2,515 (Oct. 20, 1938) .............................................................................. 2 69 Fed. Reg. 22,122 (Apr. 23, 2004) ................................................................... 8, 14 81 Fed. Reg. 32,391 (May 23, 2016) .......................... 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 MISCELLANEOUS Cong. Research Serv., The Fair Labor Standards Act: An Overview (June 4, 2013), available at https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42713.pdf........... 10 Cong. Research Serv., The Fair Labor Standards Act: A Historical Sketch of the Overtime Pay Requirements of Section 13(a)(1) (May 9, 2005), available at http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? article=1240&context=key_workplace ....................................................... 4, 7 U.S. Dep’t of Labor, Wage & Hour Div., Executive, Administrative, Professional Outside Salesman Redefined, Report & Recommendations of the Presiding Officer (Oct. 10, 1940) ............................................ 4, 5, 6, 14 U.S. Dep’t of Labor, Wage & Hour & Public Contracts Div., Report & Recommendations on Proposed Revisions of Regulations, Part 541 (June 30, 1949) ................................................................................. 6 U.S. Dep’t of Labor, Wage & Hour & Public Contracts Div., Report & Recommendations on Proposed Revision of Regulations, Part 541, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Mar. 3, 1958) ................... 6, 7 U.S. Gov’t Accountability Off., GAO/HEHS-99-164, Fair Labor Standards Act: White-Collar Exemptions in the Modern Work Place (Sept. 1999), available at http://www.gao.gov/products/gao/hehs-99- 164 ............................................................................................................. 8, 13 v INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE 1 Amici curiae Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Representative Alma S. Adams, Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Representative Katherine M. Clark, Representative John Conyers, Jr., Representative Joe Courtney, Representative Danny K. Davis, Representative Susan A. Davis, Representative Mark DeSaulnier, Representative Marcia L. Fudge, Representative Ruben Gallego, Representative Raúl M. Grijalva, Representative Rubén Hinojosa, Representative Barbara Lee, Representative Frank Pallone, Jr., Representative Mark Pocan, Representative Jared Polis, Representative Janice D. Schakowsky, Representative Mark Takano, Representative Frederica S. Wilson, Senator Patty Murray, Senator Tammy Baldwin, Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., Senator Al Franken, and Senator Bernard Sanders are 26 members of the United States Congress who are committed to the right of American workers to receive fair pay for their work. As members of Congress working to ensure that workers are provided fair wages, amici have a strong interest in the proper interpretation and strong enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including the Act’s requirement that workers be paid overtime when they work more than 40 hours per 1 All parties have consented to the filing of this brief. No party’s counsel authored this brief in whole or in part, and no party or party’s counsel made a monetary contribution to fund the preparation
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